By: Kealia Reynolds | From: HouseMethod.com | April 17, 2018 You know those super soft pillows that sink the second your head touches the surface? There’s a pretty good chance that those pillows are filled with down. Often found in puffy jackets, sleeping bags, comforters, and pillows, down is highly prized for its insulation properties, durability, comfort, [...]

The Columbia Sportswear brand is committed to using only RDS-certified down and feather in the majority of its global product line. Learn more about their commitment here. Follow Columbia Sportswear's Material Traceability Manager, Nicole Argyropoulos on her journey to China and Taiwan as she traces the origins of the OutDry Extreme ECO Down Jacket.

Most-Sustainable Gear? German Brand A ‘Quiet Leader’ "Animal welfare is a concern to Jack Wolfskin. The company has long assured that live feather plucking and foie gras processes are not involved in the procurement of its down. In 2015, the company began a switch to the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) from the Textile Exchange Organization." [...]

by Keith Wilson | March 17, 2017 If you're buying a duvet or jacket, a question you may want to consider would be would you rather kill a bird for the down, or pollute waters and kill fish by the waste of synthetic fibers? This is the complex issue that is facing many home fashions and [...]

Dear PETA, Dear Noelle, June 28th 2016 First of all we would like to thank PETA for their efforts in upholding the torch of animal welfare and we truly appreciate your contributions to make this world a better place. According to the Oxford Dictionary1 one of the principle synonyms for the term ‘responsible’ is the [...]

A Global Assessment of Industry Statistics and Practices Written by Harry Schmitz, Ph.D. Commissioned by the International Down and Feather Bureau (IDFB) June 2016 http://www.idfb.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IDFB_White_Paper_6.07.16.pdf

ALLIED RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC CLAIMS associating ALLIED with live-plucked material ALLIED takes our responsible sourcing initiatives extremely seriously. We have worked tirelessly for years as industry leaders developing supply chains that give our partners assurances that we are doing everything we can to provide the highest quality responsibly sourced material free of not just live [...]

By Textile Exchange, June 6, 2016 In the light on the ongoing pressure from PETA on individual brands, we feel that it is important to point out the facts as simply and clearly as possible. While we are disappointed by PETA’s efforts to undermine the RDS and the companies using it, we are more confident than [...]

By Lisa Fickenscher August 4, 2015 | 1:07am Feathers will soon be flying. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the advocacy group that has for years publicly battled manufacturers and retailers of fur coats, is quietly taking aim at its next big target, The Post has learned: goose down. The geese, according to PETA, [...]